Media personality Toolz recently shared her challenges and struggles with parenting on social media, opening up about the difficulties she has been facing as a parent.
“Do you think it’s easier to raise kids now or in our parent’s time? Not just a finances conversation, extended family/community structure, japa etc
I feel overwhelmed sometimes because there’s too much information out there. Conflicting information too”
Toolz sparked a lively online discussion with her tweet, questioning whether parenting was simpler in the past compared to today, where access to vast amounts of information through technology can be overwhelming.
Her post garnered numerous responses from social media users, who shared their thoughts and opinions on the matter.
brownney wrote, “It’s exhausting my dear, don’t give my children phones anymore till they’re 18.”
pweetie_ik wrote, “It’s quite harder now. The collective raising of kids isn’t attainable anymore. Being raised by the community made it much easier, and also, there was less information to distort thought”
deliveredby_zay wrote, “The best way to raise your kids nowadays is to teach them them righteousness…. teach them the ways of God. I still thought about this few days ago and honestly teaching children to be righteous is the only way out”
diamond.6836 wrote, “I pity for single mothers in this kind hard economic because is not easy. The lord is their strength”
fabtouchskincare_spa wrote, “Raising kids nowadays is not easy at all. In this jet age. May God help us in taking care n raising them properly”
taaatibg wrote, “Just try your best and make them know God early. They really need God to scale through this worldly life”
joanodenu wrote, “It’s harder now cos kids have access to information online that can either educate them or make them do otherwise. Parenting now is by the Grace of God”
being_mrs_babs wrote, “It takes the blood of Jesus Christ to raise kids these days”.